# 躚

| 躚 | U+8E9A, &#36506; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E9A |
| ← 躙 [U+8E99] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 躛 → [U+8E9B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

躚 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+16, 23 strokes, cangjie input 口一卜一山 (RMYMU), four-corner 6113$_1$, composition ⿰𧾷遷)
* wander about, walk around
* revolve

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1236, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37985
* Dae Jaweon: page 1708, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3747, character 6
* Unihan data for U+8E9A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 遷 | *sʰen |
| 櫏 | *sʰen |
| 韆 | *sʰen |
| 僊 | *sen |
| 躚 | *sen, *seːn |
| 蹮 | *seːn |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiān (xian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sin$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhian
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sian
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^1$
*** Yale: syān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^1$
*** Yale: sīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian
*** Tâi-lô: tshian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiefn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: sen, sjen
Rime :
| Character | 躚 | 躚 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 蘇前切 | 相然切 |
| Baxter | sen | sjen |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sen/ | /siᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /sen/ | /siɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sɛn/ | /sjæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɛn/ | /sian/ |
| Li Rong | /sen/ | /siɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /sien/ | /sĭɛn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /sien/ | /si̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiān | xiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sin$^1$ | sin$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sen/, /*seːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 躚 | 躚 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10237 | 10239 |
| Phonetic component | 遷 | 遷 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 仙 | 先 |
| Old Chinese | /*sen/ | /*seːn/ |
| Notes | 見張衡賦 | |

### Definitions

躚
* dancing; swirling
* (Hokkien) walking back and forth; wandering; roving; roaming

#### Compounds

* 翩躚 / 翩跹 (piānxiān)
* 蹁躚 / 蹁跹 (piánxiān)
* 躚躚 / 跹跹 (xiānxiān)

### References

* “躚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to move effortlessly

#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen)
* Kan-on: せん (sen)
* Kun: まう (mau, 躚う)

#### Compounds

* 蹁(へん)躚(せん) (hensen)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 躚 (MC sen|sjen).

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [sʰʌ̹n]
* Phonetic hangul: [선]

### Hanja

Wikisource 躚 (eumhun 춤출 선 (chumchul seon))
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### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 躚